Beginner Junk Journal Choosing Papers

 

Welcome to Beginner Junk Journals/Junk Journals 101.  

Introduction to using special Papers and printables. 

The following  basic information can also be used if your making a December Daily . . . 


This photo shows how I store what I call Special Papers. 

Special Papers are: 
Coffee Tea Dyed
Book Pages & Hymnal Pages
Note Pads
Envelopes & Sacks 
Vintage Papers, ledgers, Calenders and Newsletters and Maps.


This is not my snack although that is a good idea. 
I am looking at how wide the box is.  And how tall.  I think it would be the perfect size for the Journal I am creating for this series.
This is another special paper.  But I don't keep it with the others.  It is too big.  
I wish you could touch it.  It has texture on it.  This is a magazine cover.  The magazine is one of those local advertising magazines you see free.  The covers are great for Junk Journals!  

Now I want to show you a few pages in a J.J. that I received in a SWAP. 
A lovely magazine page . . . 

I originally thought this one was a Church Bulletin. 

 It is in fact a calendar page. 

BTW if you have some they are great for J.J.'s.  

I used to save them for years before I started making J.J.'s.  I could kick myself for giving in and throwing them away! 

Gasp!  


Another very pretty magazine page and a map.  

Maps are great in J.J. 
Check out thrift stores for old Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Coffee Table Picture Books and Magazines.  

Below is the cover made out of cardboard covered in fabric. 
This one was small only 1 signature.  Enlarge photo and you see the decorative stitching. 

My sample will be 3 or 4 signatures. 

 Remember the Fiddle Faddle Box?  

This photo shows the inside cover.  

Complimentary paper is glued down and then the fabric folds over the edges to the inside covering edges. 


More inside pages made from printables.  

An old book page made into a pocket.  On the left you can see decorative sewing machine stitches were used.  

A page made from another printable.  

These are tags and smaller photos made to decorate the J.J.  They are also from a printable.  

If you have access to a color printer you can make beautiful pages for your J.J. 

There are lots of sources online. 
Pinterest is a good source.  

The printables you see in this post are part of J.J.'s gifted to me by other artists.  I do not know the sources they used. 

 



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